María Micaela Basilia Sánchez

  Noted events in her life were:

• Baptismal Record: ⁴³⁸
26 Apr 1791 in Jacal, Father Bernal baptized María Micaela Basilia, born in the puesto of Belén on 15 Apr 1791, the legitimate daughter of Antonio José Sánchez and María Concepción Padilla. Her godparents were Juan Esteban García Jurado, and his wife, María Teresa de la Luz Sánchez, citizens of Belén.

New Mexico Prenuptial Investigations From the Archivos Históricos del Arzobispado de Durango, 1800-1893, p. 80

María married Eusebio Tomás del Espinitu Santa Aragón, son of José Manuel Aragón and María Bárbara del Carmen Durán y Chávez, on 22 Apr 1810 in Tomé, Nuevo Méjico, Nueva España.⁴⁶ (Eusebio Tomás del Espinitu Santa Aragón was born on 11 May 1785 in Laguna, Nuevo México, Nueva España ⁸⁰² and was baptized on 14 May 1785 in Laguna, Nuevo México, Nueva España ⁴³⁸.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• Diligencia Matrimonial: ⁴³⁸ Eusebio Tomás del Espiritu Santo Aragón, 24, single, a life-long resident of the Laguna mission, the legitimate son of José Manuel Aragón and Marría Bárbara Chaves, citizens of
Laguna Pueblo. María Micaela Basilia Sánchez, 18, single, the legitimate daughter of Antonio José Sánchez and María Concepción Padilla, citizens of the Belén mission. The couple was related in the third and fourth degrees of consanguinity on a transverse line.

Witnesses:
Ramón Gallegos, over 40, citizen of the Laguna mission.
Cristóbal Bustos, 35, citizen of the Laguna mission.

Father Andres Correa forwarded the proceedings to Father Álvarez who received them at Belén on 25 Nov 1809. On 25 Nov 1809, Father Sanchez questioned María Micaela.
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Witnesses: Francisco Eulogio Sáenz, 54.
José Anastasio Hernández, 51.

Father Sanchez forwarded the proceedings to Durango where Vicar General Millán Rodríguez granted a dispensation on the basis of angusti loci.

New Mexico Prenuptial Investigations From the Archivos Históricos del Arzobispado de Durango, 1800-1893, pp. 79-80

  Marriage Notes:

Matrimonios de Immaculate Concepción de Tomé y Nuestra Señora de Belén, p. 39 ⁴⁶